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Argiro Tzirtzilaki

Argiro Tzirtzilaki

Athens

Summary

High energetic HR professional, experienced in developing and executing HR strategies aligned with business objectives. Utilizes strong communication and interpersonal skills to build effective relationships with employees and management that are based on mutual respect, trust and oneness. Easy to see myself in an organisation which has strong culture and is recognised for its healthy and high performing working environment.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Regional HR Business Partner & Project Manager

Novo Nordisk
06.2021 - Current

Sr HRBP for the South East Europe central office

  • Acted as a change champion within region through designing a 6 months learning journey on change management for the P&O Managers of the Region building internal capability to drive change in their local markets
  • Built employees' awareness on the learning opportunities within region (>400 participants) and boosted knowledge on IDP development through running an internal campaign which in parallel played a pivotal role in increasing part of the annual engagement survey results of the region (+10points)
  • Re-visited employee handbook through re-writing all employee related policies/benefits and re-designed onboarding

HR Business Partner Health BU

Reckitt Benckiser
04.2018 - 03.2019

Member of the local leadership team, managed as a single point of contact all Health BU human resource operational activities - Reporting to GM (covering circa 70 employees)

  • Acted as a change agent to ensure that newly created Health BU communicates effectively operational plan, vision and functional priorities through working closely with the GM on new routines and ways of working
  • Successfully designed new Health BU structure, incorporating the changes in roles that SAP integration brough
  • Run dedicated engagement meetings with all employees including field sales to hear employees' voice and recorded key wins to increase employee engagement

Commercial HR Business Partner

Coca-Cola HBC
10.2016 - 03.2018

Worked for the Greek operation - Reporting to Sr Commercial HRBP - Responsible for 400 FTEs + 50 seasonal positions

  • Nurtured a high performance culture within commercial through dedicated performance appraisal meetings - trainings on performance standards as well as managed a high number of underperfomance cases (circa 40 /year)
  • Ensured that key talents are either promoted and/or participating in development programs (achieved 100% participation)
  • Designed assessment centers for the field sales where participated either as assessor and/or role player resulting in fueling the permanent sales force with the top seasonal field sales representatives

Commercial Junior HR Business Partner

Coca-Cola HBC
02.2015 - 09.2016

Worked for the Greek operation - Reporting to Sr Commercial HRBP - Responsible for Rest Commercial teams excluding Field Sales (circa 170 FTEs)

  • Closely worked with Function Heads on their teams' development and succession plans and supported the recruitment needs of their teams
  • Facilitated dedicated engagement initiatives to increase employee engagement results/business unit

Group Learning & Development & Talent Coordinator

Coca-Cola HBC
08.2012 - 01.2015

Worked for the central office of 18 countries - Reporting to Group Talent Director

  • Handled successfully the logistics and communication of group assessment centers and development programs covering countries' senior talent pools managing circa 10 events/years
  • Acted as a group administrator of the psychometric online assessment tools as well as provided 360 feedback when needed
  • Designed and updated Group HR Intranet page with HR Best practices and Leadership capability trainings that central office offers

Market Developer

Coca-Cola HBC
12.2011 - 07.2012

Field Sales Representative - 200 stores under responsibility

  • Recognized as the 1st Market Developer among 50 peers who applied new merchandising standards in almost 90% of stores within 2 months time as well as activated +5% of customers on top of clientele


Education

Master of Science - Human Resource Management

University of Strathclyde
Glasgow, Scotland
09-2011

Bachelor of Science - International & European Studies

Panteion University of Social & Political Science
Athens, Greece
09-2010

Skills

    Change Management - Employee Engagement - Employee lifecycle expert - Learning & Development & Talent Management

Certification

Change Management Agent - Certification from Prosci

Languages

Greek
Native language
English
Proficient
C2
French
Intermediate
B1

Hobbies

Pilates, Reading books, Cinema

Timeline

Regional HR Business Partner & Project Manager

Novo Nordisk
06.2021 - Current

HR Business Partner Health BU

Reckitt Benckiser
04.2018 - 03.2019

Commercial HR Business Partner

Coca-Cola HBC
10.2016 - 03.2018

Commercial Junior HR Business Partner

Coca-Cola HBC
02.2015 - 09.2016

Group Learning & Development & Talent Coordinator

Coca-Cola HBC
08.2012 - 01.2015

Market Developer

Coca-Cola HBC
12.2011 - 07.2012

Change Management Agent - Certification from Prosci

Master of Science - Human Resource Management

University of Strathclyde

Bachelor of Science - International & European Studies

Panteion University of Social & Political Science
Argiro Tzirtzilaki